The Brookhaven leader., 1887-06-16
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
The Beautiful Story of the Sitting
of the Tempest
The Power OF Christ Not oaly TO Quen
storms, Hut to Deliver Us from Evil
Victory OF Religion over the
. Sophhtrtes Of SkepticIsm.

ernacle, Rev. T De Wit raimago chose
for his subject "The Tempest" illustrat-
ing it from the beautiful story of Jesus
stiiliug the at6rm on the Sea OF Galilee.
His text was:
Mark iv, verses IS to 80 inclusive
Tiberins, Galilee, Gennesaret--three
names fer the same lake No other gem
ever had 20 beautiful a setting. 1t lay in
n scene Of great leSuriancei the SUR
Rounding hills, terraced, slopcd, groved,
80 many hanging gardens Of beauty, the
waters rumbling down between rocks of
gray and red limestone, dashing from The
hills aad bounding into the sea. On the
shore were castles, armed towers, Roman
baths, every thing attractive and boauti.
full; all styles of vegetation in shorter
space thar almost any other space. a all
The world, from the palm tree OK the for
est TO the tree of rigorous climate.
X seemed as f the Lord had launched
one wave OF eeaNty on all the scene, and IL
hung and swung from rock, and hilh end
oleander, Roman gentlemen j. pleasure
boats sailing the lake, and oountrymen in
fishing smackS cornins down to drop their
nets, pass each ether with nod, and shout,
and laughter o. swinging idly at their
moorinES Oh, what a wonderful wat
beautiful lakei
II seems as if we shall have a quiet
night. Not leaf y linked in the air; not
a ripple disturbed the face Of Gennesaret;
but there seems to be little excitement
up the beach, and we hasten to SEQ what
1t is and we find it an embarkatlon.
From the western shore hotilia pr sh-
ing out; not squadron or deadly arma-
ment, nor clipper with valuable mer-
chandise, nor pIatic vessels ready to de-
f1otilla, bearing messengers of life, aud
aight and eesee. Christ is in the front OF
che bo2f. His disciples are in a smaller
bost. Jesus, weary with much speaking
to large multitudes, is put into
somnolence by the rocking of the waves.
If there was any motion at all the ship
was easily Ighted; if the wind passed
Sron starbOard to larboard, or from lar
board 10 starboard, the boat would rock,
md by the gentleness of the motion put
ting the Master to sleep Aud they ex-
temporized pillow made out of a Ssher-
mans coat. think no sooner is Christ
PROSTATE, and his head touches the pill.
low, than he is scdnA asleep The breezes
of the lake ruh Reir fingers through the
locks OF the, " orn sleeper, and the boat
rises and Falls like sleeping child on the
bosom of a sleeping mother
Calm night, starry night, beautiful
night. Run up ali the sails, ply ali :he
oars, and let the large boat and Tie small
boat glide over gentle Gennesarct, But
the sailors say there is going to be a
change of weather And even the pas
sengers can hear the moaning Of the
storm, as it comes on with great stride,
and all the terrors of hurricane and dark
ness. The large boat trem bles like deer
at bay among the clangor o. the hounds;
great patches of foam Gre flung into the
air; the sails of tie vessel loosen and the
sharp winds crack like pistols; the small.
err boats, PIE petrels, poise on the c}if cf
the WaTes and then plunge.
Overheard go cargo, taCklihg and masts,
and the drenched disciples rush into the
back of the boat and lay hold of Christ.
and say unto him!
Master, carest thou not that we perish,
That great parsonage lifts his head
from the pillow of the fisherman's coat,
walks to the front of the vessel and looks
out into the storm. All around are the
smaller boats, driven in the tempest, and
through it come the cry of drowning men,
By ,ne flash of the lightning l see the
calm brow of Christ as the spray dropped
from his beard. He has one word for the
sky and another for the waves. Looking
upward he cries'
A'Peacew
Looking downward he says:
"'Be still"
The waves fall fat on their faces, the
foam melts, the extinguished stars re-
light their torches. The tempest falls
dead, and Christ stands with his feet on
the neck of the storm And while the
sailors are bailing out the boats, and
h 10 9hnx,
Cordage, the disciples stand In amaze
ment; now looking into the calm sea,
then into the calm sky, then into the
calm Saviour's countenance, and they cry
out:
What manner Of NAN is this, that even
the winds and the Sea obey him?n
The subject, in the first place, impresses
me with the TACT that it is very important
to have Christ with the ships for all those
boats Would have gone to the bottom of
Geynesaret if Christ had not been pres
emit. oh, what lesson for you and for me
to learnt We must always have Christ in
the ship. Whatever voyage we under
take, in whatever enterprise we start, let
us always have Christ in the ship
Many of you in these days of revived
commerce are starting out in new finan-
cial enterprises. l bid you good cheer. Do
all you can. Do it on as high plane as pos
sible. You have no right to be stoker in
the ship if you can be an admiral Of the
navy. You have no right to be a colonel
OF the regiment If you can command a
brigade. You have no right to be engineer
of boat on river bank, or near the coast,
if you can take the ocean steamer from
New York to Liverpool. All you can do
with utmost tension of body, mind and
soul you are bound to do; but, OIL have
Christ in every enterprise, Christ in every
voyage, Christ in every ship.
There are men here who ask God to
help them at the start of great enter
prises. He has been with them in the
past; no trouble can overthrow them; the
storms might come down from the top of
Mount Hermon, and lash Gennesaret into
foam and into agony, but it could not
hurt them.
But here is another man who starts out
In worldly enterprise, and he depends
upon the uncertainties of this life. He
has no God to help him. After awhile
the storm comes and losses off the masts
OF the ship; he puts out his lifeboat and
the longboat, the sheriff and the auction
eer try to help him off; they can't help
him of; he must go down; no Christ in
the ship Here are young men just start
ing out in life. Your life will be made up
of sunshine and shadow. There may be
in it arctic blasts or opical,tornadoes; l
know not what is before you, but know
if you have Christ with you all shall be
well.
You may seem to get along without the